New in As New jacket Book CONDITION: NEW 2015 Candlewick Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Great-fun color illustrations by Sam Zuppardi. Decorated end pages. DJ shows very very short repaired tear at back bottom flap. CONTENT: Not being perfect has its virtues in this irresistible child's-eye view. Your best friend is kind of a show-off. Your baby sister is loud. And Mom can be pretty stubborn. Not perfect! But sometimes they come pretty close, and you do, too. David Elliott's winning, tongue-in-cheek text combines with Sam Zuppardi's fresh, kid-friendly illustrations to show that life may be more about patience than perfection, and that focusing on the positive reaps its own rewards. Zuppardi's loose, scribbly, deceptively child-styled pencil outlines vibrate with energy, and his colorful acrylic backgrounds feature uninhibitedly visible brush strokes, drips, splotches and lines made from pulling a tool through wet paint. The kids have enormous heads; their wide-open mouths are unabashedly colored in with gray pencil.
Price: $15.69 from Alibris
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 752 p.
Very good Excellent condition with just a hint of character. Minor signs of love but the pages are still clean and ready for adventure.
